A review of the solid waste management segment and opportunities for project management and technology firms. The $55-billion U.S. solid waste business had only modest growth of 2% in 2011, but market, resource, technology and pricing trends drive interest, investment and development in innovative waste conversion technologies and other companies focused on diversion and recovery. Waste futurists once dreamed of mining landfills for resources, but today's waste conversion pioneers are more focused on the ongoing waste stream to extract value. Recycling and recovery targets at state levels drive ongoing attention to recycling programs. Statistical summary includes solid waste business profile, changes in the waste stream and market features.

03.Food waste and organics wastestreams provide volume for a number of startup and early stage companies focused on recovery and processing.pg 9-13

04.E-waste proliferates, but now so do state programs, voluntary industry standards and a number a dedicated firms in a fragmented and emerging market populated mostly by small companies, but leaders in waste and technology are keenly interested.pg 14-18

05.Waste industry business cycles late in the tepid recovery, but keeps up M&A activity; Republic keeps firm's positions in market and turns to CNG inmost of its new vehicles.pg 19-21